NOTES: The move came a bit earlier than expected, by LHP Joe Kennedy was at the Rogers Centre on Sunday. The Blue Jays purchased his contract from Triple-A Syracuse and added him to their bullpen. … the Toronto chapter of the BBWAA announced on Saturday that Frank Thomas and Roy Halladay were voted the Player and Pitcher of the Month, respectively, for August. … RHP Jeremy Accardo has struggled lately with throwing his split-finger fastball — a reason his last few saves have been a little rough around the edges. … STAT OF THE DAY: The Mariners, who have lost eight in a row heading into today’s game, have had four losing streaks of six games or more this season — the most in the Majors. And they’re still two games out of the Wild Card. Talk about hot and cold spells.

gsumner: Vidro is a switch hitter, and lefties are pretty much the only ones who can touch Wolfe. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t. Agree on Stairs starting more. Apparently he’s 1 for 10 against Batista, which explains him not starting yesterday, but the Jays are 10 games over .500 (38-28) when he’s in the starting lineup now.

That’s what I love about his blog, redsox nation wantabees, at least they are happy when their team wins. We all have our pet peeves, but get real, can’t blame a win on the manager. So nit pick any real or imagined mistake. Somebody needs to get a life!
Now let’s see who answers me back, they are the ones who need to take a long step back.

Didn’t know that everyday words, were too big, for anyone, I do apologize.

ALSO if we have an opinion we will speak out no matter what it is as is our right.

Your words I think.

At least I had the class not to take the conversation down into the gutter, like you. Strange isn’t it, don’t understand normal words, has to resort to garbage tactics, must be a BOSOX fan. Sounds like it to me, or a wanabee.

No not defending him, just wanted to enjoy the sweep. Lots of ops to complain about him, no need to make any up.
You guys need to take a deep breath. I am a Jays fan, from Fredericton, I was cheering our home-town boy, and giving anyone who can’t enjoy a few wins in a row some good natured jabs.

Enjoy the game too, take your digs at whoever you want. Even me if that turns your crank.

No, I would like another manager too, but I just won’t give him a hard time when He hasn’t done anything. Like I said before, there have been and will be plenty of times when he does screw up.

You are welcome to say whatever you want. I just like to answer some times.

I do have to admit that I don’t want this blog to be like the RS or NY where they get on guys for one real or imagined mistake. We don’t have a good manager, that, like all things will change. Normally I don’t say anything, but I think I was happy about the game and bored on a Sunday afternoon in Fredericton, which is usually not the most exciting place to be on a Sunday. But can’t apologize for speaking my thoughts.

gsumner and myself are estatic about the way the team is playing but remember we just played a team that is free falling we wont be abel to tell if this team is turning around until we play boston and new york,

Well, about JP…I think we have a lot of good arms in the minors, and some good position players, we have great pitching up in the bigs, and when hitting, the fielders are among the best in baseball, so…JP has done a reasonable job. Along with scouts etc.

Like you I am not happy with our manager. Some of the coaches are doing a fairly good job, but the manager runs the show, which puts us on a down slide some.

You are right about the Mariners, lets see what happens in Boston. and past that.

Best look, sweep Boston and Mariners sweep Yankees. Hope? Not a big one, but anything can happen, that’s what makes BB the game it is.

I’d also be really surprised if we sweep Boston; BUT at the moment Manny is out and he is the single driving force behind their offence. They are no where near the offensive threat with him out of the lineup. To me, the loss of Manny is like 1-2 runs per game.

Dice-K is looking like he’s a bit tired in the last 3 games he gave up 13 runs. Boston have never seen Jessie. Jump on Dice-K fast and furious and he panics and implodes-Stairs could be a big contributor to that so bat him early and often. So I’d say it’s 50-50.

Beckett hasn’t been as effective either the last two to three games. Halliday got batted around last time out in Boston, but his main nemphisis Manny is out of the lineup. Righties hit Becket better than lefties. I’d bet Halliday wants to prove a point and therefore I like our chances.

Shilling versus Marcum. Shilling is rather ordinary now, his age is showing-and lefties hurt him. Marcum on the other hand is a hard nosed road warrier. Last time out in Boston-he gave up 3 runs over 6 innings and won. We haven’t faced Shilling this year, but we have had good success against him in previous years. Stack the lineups with lefties and wack him. Maybe bat Overbea 2nd and Stairs 3rd. Advantage Toronto.

The Boston pitcher we have nightmares with is Tim Wakefield and he’s injured at the moment.

Matt Stairs should start all 3 games in Boston, and bat 2nd or 3rd, except against Beckett. His OBP of .375 is second to Thomas and that short fence in RF is made for him.

gsumner and yourself are saying the same thing and thats what I would like to see.
As for Seattle when they lost their manager it took a while but they lost their backbone so I think the Yanks will crush them to bad for us but on the other hand we should pass them and Boston is sliding fast.

If we keep playing the way we are you never know.

gsumner I’m sorry for anything I said about Burnett you were right to stick by him,also I think he is finaly ok no more DL.

If Burnett ever get’s confidence in his changeup to give him one more look, he will be unhittable. I noticed today, he’s finally starting to change speeds to keep the hitters off guard. Some heaters came in at 98 and others as low as 92-all with good movement.

I think Burnett is becoming a pitcher instead of a thrower and good for us.

Guess who will be playing LF for Boston this week if Manny can’t go. Thats right fans. Our old friend Eric Hinske! I think every pitcher in our organization should have an hour sit-down with Doc as it appears he has a vast amount of knowledge to give. (We can even pay Doc a little extra since he is now underpaid it appears (or at least everyone else is overpaid)). Also, if both us and Sea sweep we would be 3.5 games back since Sea would be in the WC lead. (But who honestly thinks they will win with John McLaren, Bill Bavasi, and that starting rotation.)

Boston has seen Jesse. He outdueled Beckett a while back. I’d be surprised if it was possible for Matsuzaka to get a tired arm, considering that marathon in the Japanese high school tournament in 1998 didn’t turn him into Kerry Wood, but the Japanese season is a little shorter than the American one.

You’re right, I missed Jessie’s start. He went 6.2 innngs and gave up 1 earned run.

Thanks for catching it. I picked up the Dice-K comment from one of Boston’s releases. He’s already gone 176 innings which is more than what he did in Japan. They stated this as a reason for his giving up 13 runs in his last 3 starts

Wow, i’ve been saying that the jays are done for a long time, but if they can win tonight I might just get my hopes up again. 4.5 games back if they win with 7 left against the yankees. If anything it’ll stretch my interest in them a little longer.

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